See Prince William, Kate Middleton’s Royally Sweet BAFTAs 2026 Outing
The stars are celebrating across the pond at the BAFTAs 2026.
Indeed, the U.K.’s most prestigious award ceremony, the British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards, recognized the best in homegrown and international cinema at the Southbank Centre in London Feb. 22, with Alan Cumming serving as host for the evening that saw One Battle After Another win in six categories including Best Film.
And the occasion was extra special for acting winners Sean Penn, Wunmi Mosaku, Robert Aramayo and Jessie Buckley, the latter of whom won for her leading role in Hamnet.
“I dreamed a little bit to be a little bit like Judi Dench,” Jessie said during her speech. “This really does belong to the women past, present and future that have taught me and continue to teach me how to do it differently.”
The festivities—which will air at 8 p.m. ET on E!—had plenty of fashionable winners, with acting nominees including Timothée Chalamet, Teyana Taylor, Michael B. Jordan and Emma Stone bringing plenty of glamour to the red carpet. Kate Middleton also made her return to the show after a three-year absence, arriving alongside husband Prince William. (See every star who attended the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards here.)
Plus, attendees were treated to a performance of “Golden” by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami—the singing voices behind KPop Demon Hunters’ fictional girl group HUNTR/X—as well as a performance by Jessie Ware during the In Memoriam tribute.
And while there can be only one winner from each category, many of this year’s projects stood out for their nominations alone.
Going into the event, One Battle After Another led the nominees with 14, edging out Sinners’ 13 nods while Hamnet and Marty Supreme tied with 11 apiece. The Ryan Coogler-directed horror film made history as BAFTA’s most-nominated film ever by a Black director, while Chloé Zhao’s historical drama earned the most nods for a female-directed film in the organization’s history.
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Read on to see all the winners at the 2026 BAFTAs…
BEST FILM
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
WINNER: One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
DIRECTOR
Yorgos Lanthimos, Bugonia
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
LEADING ACTRESS
WINNER: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia
LEADING ACTOR
WINNER: Robert Aramayo, I Swear
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
WINNER: Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Carey Mulligan, The Ballad of Wallis Island
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Emily Watson, Hamnet
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Peter Mullan, I Swear
WINNER: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Focus Features
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
28 Years Later
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Die My Love
H Is for Hawk
WINNER: Hamnet
I Swear
Mr. Burton
Pillion
Steve
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
The Ceremony — Jack King (Director, Writer), Hollie Bryan (Producer), Lucy Meer (Producer)
WINNER: My Father’s Shadow — Akinola Davies Jr. (Director), Wale Davies (Writer)
Pillion — Harry Lighton (Director, Writer)
A Want in Her — Myrid Carten (Director)
Wasteman — Cal McMau (Director), Hunter Andrews (Writer), Eoin Doran (Writer)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Ballad of Wallis Island — Tom Basden and Tim Key
Bugonia — Will Tracy
Hamnet — Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
WINNER: One Battle After Another — Paul Thomas Anderson
Pillion — Harry Lighton
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
I Swear — Kirk Jones
Marty Supreme — Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
The Secret Agent — Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sentimental Value — Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
WINNER: Sinners — Ryan Coogler
CHILDREN’S & FAMILY FILM
Arco — Ugo Bienvenu, Félix De Givry, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman
WINNER: Boong — Lakshmipriya Devi, Ritesh Sidhwani
Lilo & Stitch — Dean Fleischer Camp, Jonathan Eirich
Zootropolis 2 — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
It Was Just an Accident — Jafar Panahi, Philippe Martin
The Secret Agent — Kleber Mendonca Filho, Emilie Lesclaux
WINNER: Sentimental Value — Joachim Trier, Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar
Sirat — Oliver Laxe, Domingo Corral
The Voice of Hind Rajab — Kaouther Ben Hania, Nadim Cheikhrouha
COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER: Frankenstein, Kate Hawley
Hamnet, Malgosia Turzanska
Marty Supreme, Miyako Bellizzi
Sinners, Ruth E. Carter
Wicked: For Good, Paul Tazewell
Warner Bros. Prictures
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon
F1 — Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington
Frankenstein — Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell
How to Train Your Dragon — Christian Manz, Francois Lambert, Glen McIntosh, Terry Palmer
The Lost Bus — Charlie Noble, Brandon K. McLaughlin, David Zaretti
DOCUMENTARY
2,000 Meters to Andriivka — Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath
Apocalypse in the Tropics — Petra Costa, Alessandra Orofino
Cover-Up — Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Olivia Streisand, Yoni Golijev
WINNER: Mr. Nobody Against Putin — David Borenstein, Helle Faber, Radovan Síbrt, Alzbeta Karásková
The Perfect Neighbor — Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu, Sam Bisbee
ANIMATED FILM
Elio — Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm
Little Amélie — Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Nidia Santiago, Edwina Liard, Claire Le Combe, Henri Magalon
WINNER: Zootropolis 2 — Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino
CASTING
WINNER: I Swear, Lauren Evans
Marty Supreme, Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another, Cassandra Kulukundis
Sentimental Value, Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman
Sinners, Francine Maisler
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frankenstein, Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme, Darius Khondji
WINNER: One Battle After Another, Michael Bauman
Sinners, Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Train Dreams, Adolpho Veloso
EDITING
F1, Stephen Mirrione
A House of Dynamite, Kirk Baxter
Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
WINNER: One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen
Sinners, Michael P. Shawver
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MAKE UP & HAIR
WINNER: Frankenstein — Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey, Mike Hill, Megan Many
Hamnet — Nicole Stafford
Marty Supreme — Kyra Panchenko, Kay Georgiou, Mike Fontaine
Sinners — Sian Richards, Shunika Terry, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine
Wicked: For Good — Frances Hannon, Laura Blount, Mark Coulier, Sarah Nuth
ORIGINAL SCORE
Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet, Max Richter
One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood
WINNER: Sinners, Ludwig Goransson
PRODUCTION DESIGN
WINNER: Frankenstein, Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau
Hamnet, Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton
Marty Supreme, Jack Fisk and Adam Willis
One Battle After Another, Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino
Sinners, Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne
SOUND
WINNER: F1 — Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta
Frankenstein — Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitallie, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoem
One Battle After Another — Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor
Sinners — Chris Welcker, Benny Burtt, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Felipe Pacheco
Warfare — Mitch Low, Ben Barker, Howard Bargroff, Richard Spooner
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
Cardboard — J.P. Vine, Michaela Manas Malina
Solstice — Luke Angus
WINNER: Two Black Boys in Paradise — Baz Sells, Dean Atta, Ben Jackson
BRITISH SHORT FILM
Magid/Zafar — Luis Hindman, Sufiyaan Salam, Aidan Robert Brooks
Nostalgie — Kathryn Ferguson, Stacey Gregg, Marc Robinson, Kath Mattock
Terence — Edem Kelman, Noah Reich
WINNER: This Is Endometriosis — Georgie Wileman, Matt Houghton, Harriette Wright
Welcome Home Freckles — Huiju Park, Nathan Hendren
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
WINNER: Robert Aramayo
Miles Caton
Chase Infiniti
Archie Madekwe
Posy Sterling
But the 2026 BAFTAs coverage doesn’t end there. For a look at all the fashion from the event, keep scrolling…
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Wunmi Mosaku
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Kathryn Hahn
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Kerry Washington
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Maya Rudolph
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Paul Mescal & Gracie Abrams
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Chase Infiniti
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Kate Middleton & Prince William
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Michael B. Jordan
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Emma Stone
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Tom Blyth
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Teyana Taylor
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Hannah Waddingham
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Sadie Sink
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Timothée Chalamet
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Rose Byrne
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Kate Hudson
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Minnie Driver
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Olivia Cooke
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Carey Mulligan
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Aimee Lou Wood
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Patrick Dempsey
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Odessa A’zion
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Alicia Vikander
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Erin Doherty
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Rei Ami
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Glenn Close
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Jessie Buckley
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Renate Reinsve
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Chloé Zhao
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